Presidential candidate shot, killed at rally in Ecuador's capital Quito | Fernando Villavicencio

Updated : Aug 10, 2023 11:12
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Editorji News Desk

Shockwaves ran through the South American country of Ecuador on August 9 as a presidential candidate was murdered at a political rally.

Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed by an unidentified man at a gathering in capital city Quito.

Incumbent president Guillermo Lasso said that the crime will not go unpunished, and that organised crime has gone too far, but will feel the full weight of the law.

Elections are scheduled to be held in late August.

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